The Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckners (WAB) is a thematic catalogue of the music of Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...

 compiled by Renata Grasberger. Grasberger did not include any unfinished compositions (making an important exception for the Ninth Symphony) nor lost works. Lost works, sketches, etc. were added afterwards (WAB 132 to WAB 149). Some other, still unclassified works are identified as WAB deest.

Like Perger's catalogue of Michael Haydn's music, the WAB uses a single range of numbers divided into subranges for genre classification:

• 1 - 54 Sacred choral music
• 55 - 95 Secular choral music
• 96 - 109 Orchestral works
• 110 - 113 Chamber music
• 114 - 116 Brass ensemble music
• 117 - 124 Solo piano music
• 125 - 131 Music for organ
• 132 - 135 Lost works
• 136 - 143 Sketches
• 144 - 145 Doubtful works
• 146 - 149 Addendum

The catalog is contrived so that the WAB numbers for the symphonies are the same as the symphony number plus 100 (thus technically the Study Symphony in F minor is No. −1 rather than No. 00). Quite unlike Köchel and Perger, Grasberger made no attempt whatsoever at figuring out chronology; instead she sorted the compositions alphabetically by title (and occasionally numerically, such as with the Psalms) within each of the subranges. For a few of the pieces, Grasberger used an alternate title which is less used today.

The completion dates given below come from Appendix B of Derek Watson's Bruckner bio.

1. "Afferentur regi" 13 DEC 1861
2. "Am Grabe" (Grabgesang) 1861
3. "Asperges me" 1845 at the latest
4. "Asperges me" in F major c. 1845
5. "Ave Maria" in F major 24 JULY 1856
6. "Ave Maria" for 7-part chorus 1861
7. "Ave Maria" in F major 5 FEB 1882
8. "Ave Regina caelorum" 1885-1888
9. "Christus factus est" (Messe für den Gründonnerstag) 1844
10. "Christus factus est" 1873 at the earliest
11. "Christus factus est" D minor 28 MAY 1884
12. "Dir, Herr, Dir will ich mich ergeben" 1845
13. "Ecce sacerdos magnus" APRIL 1885
14. Cantata "Entsagen" c. 1851
15. Festive Song "St. Jodok, Spross aus edlem Stamm" 1855
16. Festive Cantata "Preiset den Herrn" 1862
17. Passion Chorale "In jener letzten der Nächte" c. 1848
18. "Iam lucis orto sidere" 1868/1886
19. "Inveni David" 21 APRIL 1868
20. "Inveni David" 1879
21. "Libera" F major c. 1843
22. "Libera" F minor 1854
23. "Locus iste" 11 AUG 1869
24. Magnificat
    Magnificat (Bruckner)
    The Magnificat WAB 24 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the Magnificat for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ written in 1852. It was premiered in Sankt Florian, as Bruckner had specifically composed it for the Vesper service of the church there...
    
     1852
25. Mass in C major (Windhaager Messe) 1842
26. Mass in D minor
    Mass No. 1 (Bruckner)
    Mass No. 1 in D minor, WAB 26 by Anton Bruckner, is a setting of the Mass ordinary for soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and organ.Bruckner composed it in 1864, and revised it in 1876 and 1881/82...
    
     1864/1876/1881
27. Mass in E minor
    Mass No. 2 (Bruckner)
    The Mass No. 2 in E minor, WAB 27, by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the mass ordinary for vocal soloists, chorus and wind band. Bruckner wrote it to celebrate the construction of a new church....
    
     1866/1869/1876/1882
28. Mass in F minor
    Mass No. 3 (Bruckner)
    The Mass No. 3 in F minor WAB 28 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the mass ordinary for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ. After the 1867 success of Bruckner's Mass No...
    
     1868/1872/1876/1877/1881/1883/1893
29. Missa Solemnis in B-flat minor
    Missa Solemnis (Bruckner)
    The Missa Solemnis WAB 29 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the mass ordinary for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ.Following the death of Michael Arneth, Friedrich Mayr was appointed abbot of St. Florian. The Missa Solemnis was premiered on September 14, 1854, the day of Mayr's...
    
     1854
30. "Os justi" JULY 1879
31. "Pange lingua" C major 1836?/1891
32. "Tantum ergo" (Pange lingua) 1845?
33. Pange lingua et Tantum ergo (Phrygian) 31 JAN 1868
34. Psalm 22 1852
35. Psalm 112 1863
36. Psalm 114 1852
37. Psalm 146 1860
38. Psalm 150
    Psalm 150 (Bruckner)
    Anton Bruckner's Psalm 150, WAB 38, is a setting of Psalm 150 for mixed chorus, soprano soloist and orchestra written in 1892.Richard Heuberger asked Bruckner for a festive hymn to celebrate an opening, but Bruckner did not deliver the piece in time for Heuberger's purpose. The setting was...
    
     1892
39. Requiem in D minor
    Requiem (Bruckner)
    The Requiem in D minor WAB 39 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the Missa pro defunctis for vocal soloists, trombones, one horn, strings and organ with figured bass, written to memorialize Franz Sailer, the notary of the St. Florian monastery, who bequeathed Bruckner a Bösendorfer piano...
    
     1849
40. "Salvum fac populum tuum" 14 NOV 1884
41. Four "Tantum ergo" B-flat, A-flat, E-flat, C 1846/1888
42. "Tantum ergo" D major FEB 1846/1888
43. "Tantum ergo" A major 1845?
44. "Tantum ergo" B-flat major c. 1854
45. Te Deum
    Te Deum (Bruckner)
    The Te Deum in C major WAB 45 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the early Christian Te Deum hymn text for chorus, soloists and orchestra, and organ ad libitum...
    
     1881/1884
46. Tota pulchra es
    Tota pulchra es
    Tota pulchra es is an old Catholic prayer, written in the fourth century. It is one of the five antiphons for the psalms of Second Vespers for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The title means "You are completely beautiful" . It speaks of her immaculate conception...
    
     Maria 30 MARCH 1878
47. Totenlieder E-flat major 1852
48. Totenlieder F major 1852
49. Trauungslied 1865
50. Veni Creator Spiritus 1884 at the latest
51. Vexilla regis 9 FEB 1892
52. Virga Jesse floruit 3 SEP 1885
53. Von Arneths Grab 1854
54. Zur Vermählungsfeier DATE?
55. Der Abendhimmel I in A-flat major 1862
56. Der Abendhimmel II in F major 1866
57. Abendzauber 1878
58. Amaranths Waldeslieder c. 1858
59. An dem Feste 1843, and later
60. Cantata "Auf Brüder, auf, and die Saiten zur Hand" 1855
61. Cantata "Auf Brüder! auf zur frohen Feier" 1852
62. Des Dankes Wort sie mir gegönnt 1855
63. Das deutsche Lied 1892
64. Du bist wie eine Blume 1861
65. Das edle Herz for male chorus c. 1851
66. Das edle Herz for mixed chorus 1861
67. Festlied c. 1846
68. Frühlingslied 1851
69. Die Geburt 1851
70. Germanenzug 1863
71. Helgoland 1893
72. Herbstkummer c. 1868
73. Herbstlied 1864
74. Das hohe Lied 1876
75. Im April 1868
76. Lasst Jubelklänge laut erklingen 1854
77. Der Lehrerstand c. 1847
78. Das Lied vom deutschen Vaterland c. 1845
79. Mein Herz und deine Stimme 1868
80. Mitternacht 1870
81. Nachruf 1877
82. Sängerbund 1882
83. Two Sängersprüche 1851
84. Ständchen c. 1846
85. Sternschnuppen c. 1848
86. Tafellied 1893
87. Träumen und Wachen 1890
88. Trösterin Musik 1877
89. Um Mitternacht I 1864
90. Um Mitternacht II 1886
91. Vaterländisches Weinlied 1866
92. O könnt ich dich beglücken 1866
93. Cantata "Vergissmeinnicht" 1845
94. Volkslied c. 1861
95. Wahlspruch für die Liedertafel Sierning 1868
96. March in D minor 1862
97. Three Orchestral Pieces (E-flat, e, F) 1862
98. Overture in G minor
    Overture (Bruckner)
    In 1862-1863 Anton Bruckner composed the Overture in G minor .By contrast to the earlier Four Orchestral Pieces and the next Symphony in F minor, the Overture appears a much more mature work – really the overture to the mature Bruckner....
    
     1862/1863
99. Symphony in F minor
    Study Symphony
    Anton Bruckner's Study Symphony in F minor, , or simply Symphony in F minor, WAB 99, was written in 1863 as an exercise under Otto Kitzler's instruction in form and orchestration. Scholars at first believed that the next symphony Bruckner wrote was Symphony No. 0 in D minor, thus this symphony is...
    
    , "Study" 1863
100. Symphony No. 0 in D minor
     Symphony No. 0 (Bruckner)
     This Symphony in D minor composed by Anton Bruckner was not assigned a number by its composer, and has subsequently become known by the German designation Die Nullte .-Composition:...
     
      1869
101. Symphony No. 1 in C minor
     Symphony No. 1 (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 in C minor was the first symphony the composer thought worthy of performing, and bequeathing to the Vienna national library. Chronologically, it comes after the Study Symphony in F minor and before Symphony No. 0 in D minor. The first version of the Symphony No. 2...
     
      1866/1891
102. Symphony No. 2 in C minor
     Symphony No. 2 (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 in C minor was completed in 1872, and revised, like most of Bruckner's other symphonies, at various points thereafter....
     
      1872/1877/1892
103. Symphony No. 3 in D minor
     Symphony No. 3 (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 in D minor was dedicated to Richard Wagner and is sometimes known as his "Wagner Symphony". It was written in 1873, revised in 1877 and again in 1891....
     
      1873/1876/1877/1889
104. Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major
     Symphony No. 4 (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major is one of the composer's most popular works. It was written in 1874 and revised several times through 1888. It was dedicated to Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. It was premiered in 1881 by Hans Richter in Vienna with great success...
     
      1874/1878/1880
105. Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major
     Symphony No. 5 (Bruckner)
     The Symphony No. 5 in B flat major of Anton Bruckner was written in 1875–1876, with a few minor changes over the next few years. It was first performed in public on two pianos by Joseph Schalk and Franz Zottmann on 20 April 1887 at the Bösendorfersaal in Vienna...
     
      1876
106. Symphony No. 6 in A major
     Symphony No. 6 (Bruckner)
     Symphony No. 6 in A major by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner is a work in four movements composed between September 24, 1879 and September 3, 1881 and dedicated to his landlord, Dr. Anton van Ölzelt-Newin. Though it possesses many characteristic features of a Bruckner symphony, it differs the...
     
      1881
107. Symphony No. 7 in E major
     Symphony No. 7 (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E major is one of his best-known symphonies. It was written between 1881 and 1883 and was revised in 1885. It is dedicated to Ludwig II of Bavaria. The premiere, given under Arthur Nikisch and the Gewandhaus Orchestra in the opera house at Leipzig on 30...
     
      1883
108. Symphony No. 8 in C minor
     Symphony No. 8 (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor is the last Symphony the composer completed. It exists in two major versions of 1887 and 1890. It was premiered under conductor Hans Richter in 1892 in Vienna...
     
      1887/1890
109. Symphony No. 9 in D minor
     Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 in D minor is the last Symphony upon which he worked, leaving the last movement incomplete at the time of his death in 1896. The symphony was premiered under Ferdinand Löwe in Vienna in 1903, after Bruckner's death...
     
      1896
110. Abendklänge 1866
111. String Quartet in C minor
     String Quartet (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's String Quartet in C minor WAB 111 was written in 1862 as a student exercise for Otto Kitzler, a preliminary to exercises in orchestration...
     
      1862
112. String Quintet in F major
     String Quintet (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's String Quintet in F major, WAB 112 was written in 1879 at the request of Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. and dedicated to Duke Max Emanuel of Bavaria...
     
      1889
113. Intermezzo in D minor
     String Quintet (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's String Quintet in F major, WAB 112 was written in 1879 at the request of Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. and dedicated to Duke Max Emanuel of Bavaria...
     
      1879
114. Aequale No. 1 JAN 1847
115. Apollo-March 1862? (actually by Kéler Béla
     Kéler Béla
     Vojtech Keler also known as Adalbert Paul von Kéler was a Slovak composer and conductor....
     
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116. March in E-flat major 1865
117. Erinnerung c. 1868
118. Fantasie in G major 1868
119. Klavierstücke in E-flat major c. 1856
120. Lancier-Quadrille aus beliebten Opernmelodien zusammengestellt c. 1850
121. Quadrille c. 1854
122. Steiermärker c. 1850
123. Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend 1863
124. Three short pieces for children 1855
125. Fugue in D minor 1861
126. Postlude 1852
127. Prelude in E-flat major c. 1837
128. Four Preludes c. 1836
129. Prelude in C major 1884
130. Prelude c. 1846
131. Prelude and Fugue in C minor 1847
132. Litanies
133. Requiem
134. Salve Maria
135. Zigeuner-Waldlied
136. "Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina"
137. Duetto
138. Liedentwurf
139. Mass in Es (only "Kyrie")
140. Missa pro Quadragesima (without "Gloria" and "Credo")
141. Requiem (Fragment) 1875
142. Symphony in Bes (Fragment) 1869
143. Finale to Symphony No. 9 (Fragments)
     Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)
     Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 in D minor is the last Symphony upon which he worked, leaving the last movement incomplete at the time of his death in 1896. The symphony was premiered under Ferdinand Löwe in Vienna in 1903, after Bruckner's death...
     
      1896
144. "Herz-Jesu-Lied" c. 1845
145. "O du liebes Jesu Kind" c. 1845
146. Mass without Gloria (Kronstorfer Messe) 1844
147. Motto
148. 2 Motti, in C major & in d minor
149. Aequale No. 2 1847

See also

• List of compositions by Anton Bruckner
• Complete discography of Anton Bruckner